Usually things slow down to an almost grinding halt the week before Christmas, especially for the loss mitigation departments and banks. You can tell people are taking time off or are calling in sick as responses to emails and calls backs from voice-mails take longer and longer. So typic...

12/22/2010

NEVER GIVE UP - even if they say you are crazy. (Epilogue)

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Continued..... According to Negotiator A, they were having some systems issues which prevented them from having full access. Whatever the problem was, it was now resolved. The final approval from Negotiator A came and was agreed to by the sellers today; we are to close escrow the first week...

12/07/2010

NEVER GIVE UP - even if they say you are crazy. (Part 2)

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Continued...... When I tried to explain the situation to Negotiator A that Negotiator B was out sick and I would try to get the approval to him before 10 AM the following morning, he told me it was too late. He assured me that because I missed the deadline he gave me, he could not stop the sa...

12/04/2010

NEVER GIVE UP - even if they say you are crazy. (Part 1)

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Short Sale Negotiators working for lenders will say and do whatever is necessary to gain any perceived advantage. Saying and doing things that are questionably ethical or flat out lies are not uncommon. Like the general public, there are good negotiators and there are bad ones who give the ...

12/03/2010